Long Term Community Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council

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www.hurunui.govt.nz Service Relevant Community Outcomes Relevant Issues & Constraints Who benefits, and over what period Future Funding & Sustainability Roads and Footpaths The Council’s funding of Roading services contributes to the Hurunui district being: A place with essential infrastructure: - We have a strong emphasis on service delivery across all infrastructure including roading, water (for drinking and development), waste water, stormwater and solid waste This is a significant service in terms of expenditure, so there are benefits for accountability and transparency from funding it separately from other services. Funding this service separately adds no significant extra cost. We have an issue relating to maintaining our roading network at the levels of service shown through our Asset Management Plans due to NZTA reducing funding. Whereas we expect to manage for the next three years, the problem will start to appear from 2015 when our income will not match our maintenance programme. We have built inflation into the NZTA subsidy but unsure at this stage whether that will actually be the case. Is it fair that ratepayers on state highways should pay for local roads? Yes, because they have access and the option of using all the roads in the district and throughout NZ. Is it fair that one ratepayer on a road should have their road (which is essentially a drive) maintained? Yes, because it is a network and we all get the potential to use any part of the roading network. A road may well lead to a recreational resource. Such roads provide public access as well providing benefit to trades people requiring access to farms for their business. 100% benefit to road users, but all people in the District will use the roads at some stage, and it is generally not practical to distinguish between different levels of use. Optional enhancements to road surfaces will require contributions from affected property owners (see the Road Seal Extensions Policy), with the balance being met by the Council. There will be some component of benefit to visitors to the District, and in recognition of this, subsidies from the New Zealand Land Transport Agency will be employed where possible. Benefits from roading may generally be tagged to the area of property owned, and hence to Capital Value. Benefits from capital expenditure occur for the lifetime of the road (15 to 30 years). However the roads are maintained in perpetuity so the roading should be funded by loan for its life without maintenance. Benefits from operational expenditure accrue at the time the expenditure was made. Operational Costs: • For the Council contribution, 100% District Rate for operations, roads and bridges to be known as the Roading Rate. Caital Costs: • Capital improvements above $100,000 may be funded by reserves or loans pursuant to the Council’s Internal Financing Policy. Other Capital Expenditure to be funded as operational. • If a community wishes the Council to carry out resealing work that does not qualify for a NZTA Subsidy, then there is a mechanism through the Road Seal Extension policy which allows for the ratepayers to meet 50% of the costs and the Council contributing the remaining 50% from the General rate. • If any of the Capital Expenditure caters for future growth, then that portion of the expenditure that relates to growth may be funded from future users via Financial Contributions. Footpaths • Operational and Capital Costs: • Township maintenance100% local amenity rate on ward or community rating area. Sustainability: • The ongoing maintenance and building of new roads will continue to be demanding financially, to individual ratepayers and government subsidies. However, the negative effects on the economic wellbeing of those who pay for roads will be offset by future gains in social and economic wellbeing. 228
Hurunui Community Long Term Plan 2012 - 2022 Service Relevant Community Outcomes Relevant Issues & Constraints Who benefits, and over what period Future Funding & Sustainability Community Services and Facilities - Local Halls The Council’s funding of Local Halls contributes to the Hurunui district being: A desirable and safe place to live: • We have attractive well designed townships • Communities have access to adequate health and emergency services and systems and resources are available to meet civil defence emergencies • Risks to public health are identified and appropriately managed A place where our traditional rural values and heritage make Hurunui unique: • People have a range of opportunities to participate in leisure and culture activities • Our historic and cultural heritage is protected for future generations Those living closest to a facility benefit more than those living further away, hence there is a need to fund this service distinctly from other services. There are no significant costs associated with this distinction, and there are benefits for transparency and accountability, as the Council’s revenue from and expenditure on halls can more easily be related to the state of the District’s halls. The predominant benefit is to users of the hall, but there are indirect benefits to the local community in which the hall is situated, as the hall may attract visitors and events to the area. Operational Costs: • A rental charge the local market will stand, with any shortfall met from a local amenity rate on the local ward or community rating area. ta Capital Costs: • If any of the capital expenditure caters for future growth, then that portion of the expenditure that relates to growth may be funded from future lots or units of demand within the ward or community rating area via development contributions. If long term funding is required, it can be catered for under the Council’s Internal Financing Policy. The monies needed to meet the loan costs under the Internal Financing Policy should be treated as operational expenditureinabili Sustainability: • Local facilities such as halls in small communities are viewed as important to the social wellbeing of those communities and people are generally content to pay. These are very much local assets and decisions about future funding are guided by those who are prepared to pay (or not pay). 229
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